Improvement in towel-brackets and sponge-holders



'tittl hm' Letters Paar No. naaosydaed Apr-n 4,1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOWEL-BRACKETS .AND SPONGE-HOLDERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the lame.

. To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, J. FRANK CHANDLER, of

Boston, in the'county ot' Suffolk and Commonwealth vfor a sponge, so made. that it will allow the air to eircula-te throughand dry the sponge, and when not so used it` `can be folded back and so occupy but a very small space.

`In the drawing- Figure l is a perspective view of lny invention. Figure 2 is a perspective View of the sponge-holder. A is the back-piece made of any desired pattern. From this the arms hI I z. h h. project forward to a -suitable distance, and on these the rails 'i i aresupported. l

The rails and their supports form a neat and economical arrangementon which to hang towels, as shown.

In lig. 2, representing the sponge-holder, a a. b b are four strips of met-al or wood pivoted together on the principle of the lazy-tongs, so that the four together form the sides of a parallelogram.

At 011e of the angles, marked d, the pivots fasten Y the pieces toa plat'e, e, which supports the whole, and

is in its turn fastened to the ornamental back-piece A, before mentioned.

On this plate, inl the space between the two sides'a b, is an angular projection or stop, c, against which the sides a b bring up when the parallelogram is opened sulicicntly.

On the opposite angle, making the front angle of i the holder, another plate or hand-piece, j', is secured by the pivots for the convenience of opening or shutting the holder.

From the opposite sides a a' b b', and working loosely in them, one .or more wires,g g', extend, curving downward so as' to form a sort oi' basket when the holder is open. When the holder is closed these wires lie close up against one another.v

I also attach to the back-piece A a box, B, for brushes or other articles which yit may be convenient to piace therein. The` lid ot' this box may be fitted with a mirror if desired. .l Y

There are many advantages obtained by my invention. The ordinary towel-horse is very unhandy; it' it stands away from the wall it'occupies a large space and is continually liable to be thrown down; it' placed against the wall a large portion of its rails cannot be readily utilized. My towel-bracket being hung against the wall occupies no floor space it is as easily put up or taken down as an ordinary picture, and all its length of rail is available.

The sponge-holder provides a-place for a sponge, an

essential article to the toilet, but for whichthere has heretofore been no proper place when not in use. Moreover, the bracket with its-adjuu'cts is an orna-4 mental piece of furniture.

I claiml. A combined towelfrack and sponge-holder, oonvsisting of the ornamental back-piece A, brush-box B,

arms la h', rails 13 i', and expansible sponge-holder a b o, all constructed and arranged as described.

2. The sponge-holder, lmade to open and shut, described, the same consisting of 'the strips a a b b, pivotedto each other and to the angle-plate e, and having the wires 1/ y attached to form the basket, all in the manner and for the purpose specified.

The above specification of my said invention signed and witnessed at Boston this 4th day of March, A. I). 1871. l

J. FRANK CHANDLER.

Witnesses:

j CEAS. I. Connu',

'1L FARNAM SMITH. 

